Model of a Torajan Spirit House Mayan summer and winter

summer and winter

and wears a strand of cobalt blue trade beads above stylized genitals

He began collecting tribal and folk art in the 1960s and opened his first gallery

and topped off with a dramatic extension that reaches upwards

tassels and beads

Model of a Torajan Spirit House Mayan summer and winterA polychromed wood and bamboo model of a Torajan spirit house 20th century; Torajan Peoples, Sulawesi, Indonesia Appears unmarked The model traditional house of the Torajan Peoples with a dramatic, saddle backed bamboo roof, two gable ends sloping to a central section, and narrow windows, the lower structure elaborately carved and painted with scrollwork and geometric motifs 35" H x 8. 5" W x 39" D Provenance: The Estate of Oscar and Barbara Leidenfros